Two weeks ago, Kidney, of Lynn, offered to drive Savage home from North Shore Medical Center in Salem after she had gotten a stress test.

However, on the way home, a real-life stress test began to play out.

The pair was just a couple of miles from the hospital when Kidney started going into cardiac arrest behind the wheel.

It all happened on busy Highland Avenue as Kidney was pulling up to a stoplight, so her foot was on the brake when she seized. Savage, who was on the passenger seat, managed to grab the steering wheel and pull over to the side of the road.